Tile-making machine



Filed June 28, 1928 (INE In/vanto@ Alfred' VV. :Schi/c2 z,

ttozneg Meer@ W som:

A ftlemalnng machines',

A. p This object y.means Which-are herein'a 9 maybe sea ferition relatestoi.rnprovements in ,and the object of :my 'improvement is tovperifect the construction of that classy of inachineswhifch vare adapted -toloperatein the' forming of'hollowcementv or concrete tile sections,y by ycombining `with the mold and interior'tormer-head thereoff a ,device removably' "and Inovaloly seated y Withinthe inol'd-y centrally:-above"the'fiiorncerfi head to cooperate' therewith inythe directing Y of the plastic'rnaterial.tovvardthe inneifvvalll ofthe moldthere to be vshaped by .the forkk mer-head. j j I lhavel accomplished* by Vthe ftendescribed and Y claimed; and l'Which ,are illustrated' in fthe v accompany` drawings,` in ivhichtlie ligurev y is ayc'onventional centr'alvertical'sectionof e class described; including a machine of th the n'eWfcooperating elements of my inven-V tion, lthefkfull andthe dotted lines denoting: opposite positions of said new cooperating elements'relative tothe mold andthe in-f elude'dformer-head of the machine-` ,f f

- My invention is` not` restricted to the precise constriictionI land arra ngenient"v of vp arts@ herein Vv shown* and" described, nor .to Vthe vari-Tf"` ons details thereof, fas the same inaybe modi'ied or rearranged in various particii'- f lars Without departing-from the spirit-V and J scopev of my invention, one'practical embodi-V. ment oivhich` has been vherein illustratedk and described Without attempting to show' all o the ,various forms- 'and rnodificevtioris in which my invention" might beienibodied. The nmneral'f)` conventionally represents w ahollow cylindrical moldwithin Which may y ll'ow cylindrical tile of suitf- --able plastic material.'` V'l-lrovvever, the moldl may be ofl any desired configurationwithout 'departing `from the'jinvention., This mold ted concentnrieally Within a ing part of a baseplatef terioilv projecting A annular: d the hollown tile 'to be be supp'ortedfaround a raised aniiulus 4 be upon whose jin rim the" niold an formed therein may ,p Y 'Q1 central openingv 7 throughwhich niay rn'ove vertieall'y'acy lindrical former-'head `lOcon#4 -v centric withv saidinoldk, 1

i 11..;.10570 The base-platek. may be reniovablvsiip-l that fthe plate serves FaS air fthe ftop goltheft inoldfk and? therein.:

f; hasla `Wide?,V diameter opening, Svardly." vdirected hollow :conical vif is fitted into :the scrv'e.l.as.,.l a hoppe deliver" doWnWar line; vertically centrally throng as is iisiial-in .this Y inpn'cticf v t.` "plastic natc-:rial1A inold often'f acciirnii fornierehead :MidV i fi-radially outward toward-the ein vthe? molds-rand' thence sdOjvvnvvardlyj bet the, injolid4 and the;

honed: ai bem lf roifle'ss diameter, erablyshapedasy app isms-ff` sfiarinoxfessgsizi A portedupon-a-xedsupportgl-havingavvid- .er' openinjgcf :below fand@ c .said-opening 7 ,shape .toi the' base 'central Vva'l'innlils the ,niold 9,

6 `fitted ove `Yan opening@ o less diameter i, than said' inoldiso.

'tend closure for Whose bottom; partv and-weide i; f

. wrme-.112 hollow. of; .the bod-5h11 @to 1'; orf'funnely to' receiv and diy". through 'the i opennigi S af charge zof the plastic cement;v Lsnliicient er f harge gof-ceinent'for concrete the numeralQSfand isfshovvn being"simultaneously:propelled lin lv the -Qdesjired directik ifs as consists .y

ovedyinto*or"outE f y n thifbcdyll. 'keine were@ uponftlielower ,end oviia cylindricA themen' llbi ,c oiicen'trically,

y conical insta Sep arated. by` a narrow, c d. "Hqwveiifg this vmay n I Vbejfpy therWise shaped wi supprteda Y 26 tions fifth@ arm 17 Aand the'defleotoreheadf.

The numerals 21 and 23 denote like verti- 'A cal* loops Vdepending andixed on opposite sides of the boX l! from and fastened to i `verticallymovable supports 26 above. Prothereon, and an inwardly projecting arm or' lever 17 has its outer endpivoted tothe.-

outer `end of the .arm at 24.1- The larm 17 is curved upwardly at 19'fand has a straight terminal handle part 20whioh is Y' without the loop hanger 21, as the curved part 19 traverses the vertical opening of the hanger and is stopped therein by the crossbarY 22 thereof. .A side-bar 18 may be set ture. 4 Y p Y p `rALFRED W. SCHULTZ.

off 'om one 4'face of the arm 17 over the lshank 14- and secured thereto by bolts.`

\ posed material fpushes'up the Short links`15 -are pivotally connected between'the upper end of. the shank 14 and VVV'1,788,633 v v the'latter into and out of salidmold,`and

meansfor limiting the scope ofmovement Vof'said deflector-head and arm, the deector-head being adapted .tol deiiect entering material to the interspaoe ofk the mold and former-head' and toQbefmoved upwardly with' the vupward Yprogress of the formerhead by pressure of the latter upon intervening material. n

In testimony whereofl aiix my signathe arm parts 17 and 418, whereby the shank I" f 'i A '14 and the delector head l'aresuspended concentrically relative tothemold 9, to moveV into or out of the mold when the arm 17 is swung downwardly or upwardly as'the case may -The dotted lines indicate theV posi- `1344 when raised lout of the mold, inwhich/ position the larm may bersprung enough` to v permit it to enter and be heldin its Yupper y position by afhook 27 depending from lthe 'Y upper supporting body l26.k 4 Y When a charge ofthe .plastic cement is deposited .intox the funnel hopper 12 and delivered thence into the moldv 9, the upper -frustum ofthe head 18 delec'tsthe' mate* 'L' Y frial toward the.k innerv wall ofthe mold, to fall betweenthe rotating former-'head 10 and the mold, and as the former-head '10 as-V oends through! the mold togetherv with-the deector-head 13 any; materialV which may Yhave'accumulated between-the former-head Sand the lowerfrustum of the deflector head `lil-is squeezed therebetween andY .driven out- 4 13 untilthe latter is cleared fromithe .mold

, and the former-head has inishedits-tro'weh ed upwardly to liftv ing of the inside of the tile.

e wardly toward and into the region to be o'c-V The up- "deflector-head i l i The operator V 'may then ,swing upwardly thel arm17. to i engage it with thehook 27. Thedep'ending looped hangers 21 and 23 maygthen be shiftp i i the hopper YY11 andtopplateV 5` away from l removed, and replaced by an empty mold.

the mold 9, which may' Y Having described my invention, what IV l 'claim as new, and desire to secure bycL'etters Patent, is: Y Y Y ,In'a'tile machine, an open end hollow ymold, a former-head movable into and-'out A of the mold through its open lowerv end', a i' hopper seated uponesaidrmold to deliverVV thereinto, means conneotedzto Y said .hopper tomoVe it'to and from said' mold, a kdefle'o- I l i i a" ss Y 11oY Y 

